Torr(m)ent
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Hi Forums,
1st time poster, long time smoker.
So I'm finally going to get creative with my welfare check and make some Green Dragon. Quite brave I think!
I have some 151 proof rum and a good guide, but also have some food grade vegetable glycerine (just started vaping eLiquid) as well.
Looking around on the web and forums I've found plenty of debate as to which is the best for tinctures as alcohol and glycerine each extract different chemical elements from the plant matter.
From Wikipedia:
"glycerin will extract the following - sugars, enzymes (dilute), glucosides, bitter compounds, saponins (dilute), and tannins
absolute alcohol will extract the following - alkaloids (some), glycosides, volatile oils, waxes, resins, fats, some tannins, balsam, sugars, and vitamins."
So I came up with a revolutionary idea, as I'm sure many others have had as well - what about a combination extract?
One could go about it in a few different ways; mixing the two and making green dragon as normal, two separate extractions combined, or 1st in one medium then a 2nd extraction with the same matter in the other then combine. Could even extract in the rum, mix, then evaporate it off within the glycerine.
Has anyone tried anything like this? Or will I break space/time with this radical concept ? Or waste my precious precious government cheque?
I'd like to achieve an all purpose liquid I can eat/drink, smoke in tobacco (after it dries), put in my IoLite and hopefully vape in my new PVU (personal vaping unit)
Any thoughts or warnings would help me make my mind!
Thanks
1st time poster, long time smoker.
So I'm finally going to get creative with my welfare check and make some Green Dragon. Quite brave I think!
I have some 151 proof rum and a good guide, but also have some food grade vegetable glycerine (just started vaping eLiquid) as well.
Looking around on the web and forums I've found plenty of debate as to which is the best for tinctures as alcohol and glycerine each extract different chemical elements from the plant matter.
From Wikipedia:
"glycerin will extract the following - sugars, enzymes (dilute), glucosides, bitter compounds, saponins (dilute), and tannins
absolute alcohol will extract the following - alkaloids (some), glycosides, volatile oils, waxes, resins, fats, some tannins, balsam, sugars, and vitamins."
So I came up with a revolutionary idea, as I'm sure many others have had as well - what about a combination extract?
One could go about it in a few different ways; mixing the two and making green dragon as normal, two separate extractions combined, or 1st in one medium then a 2nd extraction with the same matter in the other then combine. Could even extract in the rum, mix, then evaporate it off within the glycerine.
Has anyone tried anything like this? Or will I break space/time with this radical concept ? Or waste my precious precious government cheque?
I'd like to achieve an all purpose liquid I can eat/drink, smoke in tobacco (after it dries), put in my IoLite and hopefully vape in my new PVU (personal vaping unit)
Any thoughts or warnings would help me make my mind!
Thanks